The designer behind a series of new mirror pools in Hull's Trinity Square says he is "ecstatic" now they have been completed.

Eight rectangular ground-level water features now shimmer in the shadow of Hull Minster.

They are due to be officially opened on Monday but people working and visiting in the Old Town are already enjoying a sneak preview now the final set of safety barriers have been removed.

Mel Chantrey, who also designed the dancing fountains in Queen Victoria Square, said: "The mirror pools are my favourite of the two.

The fountains in Hull city centre have proved hugely popular

"Part of the idea for them came from my childhood. I grew up on a council estate which, for some reason, had been built on top of a natural spring.

"Every once in a while, water would bubble up to the surface and splash around your feet.

"I've incorporated some of that into the mirror pools and I'm ecstatic at the way they have turned out. I think they're magical and it's great just watching people trying to work out what is happening."